Holders Barcelona all but sealed their place in this season's Champions League quarter-finals after beating German opponents Bayer Leverkusen 3-1 away in their Last 16 first leg clash on Tuesday.

They could well be joined by Cypriot side APOEL, who came away from French giants Lyon trailing 1-0 but the fairytale side of this season's competition has every chance of turning the tables in three weeks time.

Barcelona players. Pic/AFP.

Barca took their time to make their evident superiority tell as the poor run of four away matches without a win appeared to have an effect on the players.